Little intro Verse 1 I grew up in a house with the lights turned low Empty bottles where the flowers should grow Footsteps fading down a broken hall I was just a kid… learning how to fall She’d be lying there, cold on the floor Didn’t feel like home anymore I was cooking meals, I was ten years old Trying to be brave, trying not to fold Pre-Chorus I waited at the gate… every single day Watching all the other kids get pulled away Told myself “don’t cry, just be strong” But I’ve been alone for way too long Chorus (1 — retenu) So I learned to stay… when no one stayed for me Built a heart of stone just to barely breathe Every broken night carved a part of me But I’m still here… I’m still here Verse 2 You made promises you couldn’t keep Said you’d change, then you’d fall back deep Every word was just a ghost in air I stopped believing anyone would care I did things just to make you see Just a child screaming silently If I burned it down, would you feel the flame? Or was I just another name… Pre-Chorus I carried all the weight you dropped Learned to run before I ever walked Told myself “don’t need no one” But God… that’s what I’ve become Chorus (2 — plus intense) So I learned to stay… when no one stayed for me Turned my pain to chains I could never leave Every shattered piece made the man you see And I’m still here… I’m still here Bridge (cassure émotionnelle) I don’t trust the hands that reach for mine Every love feels like a warning sign But I swear I’ll break this for her life I’ll be the shield… I never had in mine Final Chorus (3 — explosion) Yeah I learned to stay… when the world let go of me Turned the dark to fire in my arteries I won’t pass this pain to my family It ends with me… it ends with me I’m still here… Yeah I’m still here… I survived… I became
